Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
Potamogeton L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 126 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 61 [secondary reference]
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 343 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 121 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 276 [secondary reference]
common name: Pond Weed [n/a]
Taylor, N. (1909), North American Flora 17: 14 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Potamogeton natans L.
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 583 [secondary reference]
common name: Pond-weed [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 47 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greek potamos, a river; geiton, neighbour."
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 47 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "Greek potamos, a river; geiton, neighbour"
Thompson, J. (1961), Potamogetonaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 9: 67-70 [secondary reference]
common name: Pondweed [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 427 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 12-14 [secondary reference]
Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 275-290 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1065, 1066 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 57 [secondary reference]
Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Monocots (Alismataceae to Najadaceae). Flora of Central Australia: 417 [secondary reference]
Haynes, R.R. (1985), A Revision of the Clasping-leaved Potamogeton (Potamogetonaceae). Sida; contributions to botany: 173-188 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 724 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 14-15 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 975 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Papassotiriou, S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 23 [secondary reference]
common name: Pondweeds [n/a]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 147-148 [secondary reference]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Potamogetonaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 18 [secondary reference]
Haynes, R.R., Les, D.H. & Holm-Nielsen, L.B. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Potamogetonaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 413-414, Fig. 96A-E, 97 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stuckenia Borner legitimate
Cowie, I.D. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Potamogetonaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 204 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 442 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Stuckenia Borner legitimate
  • APC Comment: Stuckenia is recognised as a distinct taxon in Vic and Tas.
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, NI, ACT, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 695 [secondary reference]
Papassotiriou, S.E., Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hellquist, C.B. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2011), Potamogetonaceae. Flora of Australia 39: 87-88 [secondary reference]
Soltis, D.E., Smith, S.A., Cellinese, N., Wurdack, K.J., Tank, D.C., Brockington, S.F., Refulio-Rodriguez, N.F., Walker, J.B., Moore, M.J., Carlswars, B.S., Bell, C.D., Latvis, M., Crawley, S., Black, C., Diouf, D., Xi, Z., Rushworth, C.A., Gitzendanner, M.A., Sytsma, K.J., Qui, Y., Hilu, K.W., Davis, C.C., Sanderson, M.J., Beaman, R.S., Olmstead, R.G., Judd, W.S., Donoghue, M.J. & Soltis, P.S. (1 April 2011), Angiosperm Phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa. American Journal of Botany 98(4): Fig. 2B [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas